Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm headquartered in New York City. Established in 1869, it provides a wide range of financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. The firm operates through several segments, including Investment Banking, which offers financial advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, and underwriting services for public and private offerings. Its Institutional Client Services segment facilitates client transactions across various asset classes and provides services like securities lending. The Investing & Lending segment focuses on long-term loans and investments in debt and equity securities, while the Investment Management segment offers portfolio management and wealth advisory services. Additionally, Goldman Sachs engages in private equity investments across multiple sectors and geographies, reinforcing its position as a leading investor in both public and private markets.

Raanan A. Agus

MD, Co-Head of the GSIS Portfolio Management Team and Portfolio Manager

Jeffrey A. Barclay

MD

Merrick M. Elfman

Pharmacy Operations

J. Brent Humphries

Director

Luisa Leyenaar

Managing Director

David Solomon

President and Chief Operating Officer

Past deals in Communications Infrastructure

INFORICH

Venture Round in 2019
INFORICH is optimizing the world's information and developing global inbound and outbound businesses.

DirectBooks

Seed Round in 2019
Addressing inefficiencies in the marketplace across multiple communication channels, DirectBooks will simplify the primary issuance process through the use of structured data and streamlined communications. The new service will increase the efficiency and accuracy of deal workflow information among market participants by disseminating it through a robust communication platform that can be integrated into underwriter and investor systems to better connect underwriters and their clients.

IHS Towers

Private Equity Round in 2014
IHS Towers is a telecommunications infrastructure provider operating primarily in Nigeria, with additional services across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. Founded in 2001 and based in Lagos, Nigeria, the company focuses on offering a range of services, including colocation on owned towers, infrastructure deployment, and managed services. IHS Towers supports mobile network operators and communication service providers by providing managed services such as maintenance, security, and power supply for both its own towers and those owned by third parties. The company has a significant portfolio, owning over 23,300 towers across various countries, and it engages in infrastructure sharing and leasing, including options like build-to-suit and buy-lease-back arrangements. Through its comprehensive offerings, IHS Towers plays a crucial role in facilitating wireless voice and data services in the regions it serves.

IHS Towers

Private Equity Round in 2014
IHS Towers is a telecommunications infrastructure provider operating primarily in Nigeria, with additional services across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. Founded in 2001 and based in Lagos, Nigeria, the company focuses on offering a range of services, including colocation on owned towers, infrastructure deployment, and managed services. IHS Towers supports mobile network operators and communication service providers by providing managed services such as maintenance, security, and power supply for both its own towers and those owned by third parties. The company has a significant portfolio, owning over 23,300 towers across various countries, and it engages in infrastructure sharing and leasing, including options like build-to-suit and buy-lease-back arrangements. Through its comprehensive offerings, IHS Towers plays a crucial role in facilitating wireless voice and data services in the regions it serves.

Datapipe

Private Equity Round in 2008
Datapipe is a global provider of security and cloud storage solutions, specializing in managing and securing mission-critical IT services. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes cloud computing, infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, colocation, and data center management. Datapipe operates in key financial and technical markets, including New York metro, Silicon Valley, London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. It serves a diverse range of industries such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, government, publishing, media, and technology. Recognized for its expertise, Datapipe was included in Gartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service and Web Hosting.

Woven Systems

Series B in 2007
Woven Systems™ is an innovative network infrastructure provider focused on designing and building massively scalable Ethernet fabric switching solutions for Enterprise, and Internet data centers. Woven offers the only solutions that use Dynamic Congestion Avoidance to automatically balance traffic for delivering the industry's highest performance and lowest latency — all conveniently packaged in an energy-efficient chassis.

Arcadian Networks

Private Equity Round in 2007
Arcadian Networks provides "last mile" wireless carrier services to the energy sector (electric, water, and gas utilities and oil and gas companies). The company's 700 MHz licensed spectrum delivers a converged IP network with voice and data communications for fixed and mobile applications. The real-time broadband communications platform reduces operational costs, improves resiliency, and transforms electric grids into efficient "smart grids" and oil fields into optimized "smart fields."

Intellon Corporation

Venture Round in 2006
Intellon Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, engages in the design, develop, manufacture, and marketing of integrated circuits (ICs) for powerline communications or high-speed communications over existing electrical wiring in the United States and internationally. They provides HomePlug-based ICs for home networking, networked entertainment, broadband over powerline access, ethernet-over-coax, smart grid management, and other commercial applications. The HomePlug-based ICs provide connectivity between broadband modems or routers and personal computers, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and other electronic products within a home; and monitors electrical distribution system, as well as helps in distributing Internet, video-on-demand, and other services.

Javelin Innovations

Venture Round in 2006
Javelin Innovations(formerly Vyyo) supply broadband wireless access systems used by telecommunicationsservice providers to deliver wireless, high-speed data connections to business and residential subscribers. Their systems are deployed in point-to-multipoint applications at the radio frequencies licensed for two-way broadband communication. Point-to-multipoint technology refers to the ability of a central, wireless hub to transmit and receive network traffic to and frommultiple subscriber modems. Their systems are based on the Internet protocol, or IP, which is the networking standard used to deliver voice and data over the Internet. Networking standards are the special set of rules for communicating that the end points in a telecommunication connection use when they send signals back and forth. Their system is designed to allow service providers to support rapid and cost-effective broadband service roll-outs directly to business and residential subscribers. Service providers use their system to bridge the segment of the network that connects the service providers' systems directly to the subscribers, commonly referred to as the last mile.

Woven Systems

Series A in 2005
Woven Systems™ is an innovative network infrastructure provider focused on designing and building massively scalable Ethernet fabric switching solutions for Enterprise, and Internet data centers. Woven offers the only solutions that use Dynamic Congestion Avoidance to automatically balance traffic for delivering the industry's highest performance and lowest latency — all conveniently packaged in an energy-efficient chassis.

Intellon Corporation

Series B in 2005
Intellon Corporation, a fabless semiconductor company, engages in the design, develop, manufacture, and marketing of integrated circuits (ICs) for powerline communications or high-speed communications over existing electrical wiring in the United States and internationally. They provides HomePlug-based ICs for home networking, networked entertainment, broadband over powerline access, ethernet-over-coax, smart grid management, and other commercial applications. The HomePlug-based ICs provide connectivity between broadband modems or routers and personal computers, set-top boxes, gaming consoles, and other electronic products within a home; and monitors electrical distribution system, as well as helps in distributing Internet, video-on-demand, and other services.

Whale Communications

Series C in 2005
Whale Communications Ltd. provides business-driven secure access products. It provides secure access products, including secure sockets layer virtual private networks, and Web application firewalls, as well as application security, and endpoint security offerings. Whale's solutions provide remote access, content inspection, and granular access control. It enables businesses to protect corporate applications and data when accessed remotely by mobile workers, partners, and customers. Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway products enable various employees, business partners, and customer users to securely and easily access their critical business applications and resources. The Intelligent Application Gateway Express Edition provides secure remote access through the browser to widely used enterprise applications for a small number of users. It offers organizations out-of-the-box functionality and straightforward integration with existing enterprise directories, authentication schema, and Web Single Sign On. Whale's flagship Intelligent Application Gateway Enterprise Edition, is an application access and security appliance, designed to support an unlimited number of users in various configurations with independent policy sets. It offers professional services and training. The company serves Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, as well as government and public sector organizations. Whale Communications Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with additional offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Israel, and representation in France.

Fiberlink

Series C in 2003
Fiberlink Communications Corporation provides mobility as a service (MaaS) that helps enterprises to connect, control, and secure laptops and mobile devices. Its MaaS Platform helps mobile workers to connect to the Internet and the applications and data they need. The company's MaaS platform is used to perform identity management and authentication services; deploy, monitor, and manage security and connectivity applications on laptops and PCs; view information on compliance status, security events, and connectivity costs; and protect mobile devices and the data from loss, theft, data leakage, hackers, and viruses. Its MaaS360 mobility platform manages security and connectivity services on mobile and remote devices, as well as helps administrators to deploy, monitor, update, and remediate various endpoint security and connectivity applications.

Nuera Communications

Series A in 2003
Nuera designs, develops and sells advanced Voice-over-IP (VoIP), converged VoIP and Data networking products for Service Providers and Enterprises. Nuera is focused on converged VoIP & data communications and its products are deployed globally in Broadband, Mobile, Cable, and Enterprise networks. Nuera offers a broad range of solutions that are built around the Company’s field-proven VoIP product range that includes session border controllers (SBC), digital and analog media gateways, IP phones, and a diverse suite of communications and management software applications.

NuVox

Private Equity Round in 2002
Windstream Communications provides voice and data network communications, and managed services to businesses in the United States.

IP Unity

Series D in 2002
IP Unity delivers a carrier grade services platform for enhanced voice and telephony applications over ATM, TDM and VoIP Networks. The company's media servers, applications servers, enhanced service applications, and application partners allow customers to quickly and cost effectively offer new services associated with next generation networks while protecting their investment in legacy systems.
Global Communication Devices is engaged in the design of fabless RF and mixed-signal ICs (integrated circuits) and RF and mixed-signal.

NuVox

Venture Round in 2001
Windstream Communications provides voice and data network communications, and managed services to businesses in the United States.

TeraBlaze

Series A in 2001
TeraBalze Inc. develops switch fabric subsystems and support components for the Internet and enterprise infrastructure.

Lantern Communications

Series B in 2000
Lantern Communications provides packet-based transport solutions that enable scalable deployment of carrier-class. Lantern Communications was acquired by C-COR in May 2004. Lantern Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

Ensemble Communications

Venture Round in 2000
Ensemble Communications develops wireless infrastructure equipment for high-speed local broadband access applications.

Comstellar Technologies

Series A in 2000
At Comstellar Technologies, Inc., we're building a major technology company with a singular focus on communications infrastructure utilizing a innovative operating model. We're focusing on communications infrastructure because that's increasingly central to all technologies. The possibilities are endless, the opportunities are worldwide, and the demand is explosive.

AccessLine Communications

Venture Round in 2000
AccessLine Communications offers its users with hosted communications and voice services that gives customers and partners the freedom to focus on their businesses. It is a one-stop shop for cloud business applications that integrates the essential IT services which businesses need such as email, voice, file syncing and sharing, conferencing, instant messaging, identity and access management, mobility, security, and archiving. It offers special industry solutions such as construction, financial services, healthcare, high tech, legal, and manufacturing services. AccessLine Communications was founded in 1983 and it is located in the United States. The company was acquired by Telanetix on September 18, 2007.

New World Communications

Venture Round in 2000
NewWorld Communications is an information technology and communications consulting firm that enables midsize businesses and enterprises to implement network, mobility, and cloud solutions. It also offers contract negotiation, strategic planning and design, project management and implementation, and support services. NewWorld Communications was acquired by Nextel Communications in January 2003. NewWorld Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Telseon

Series B in 2000
Telseon, Inc. is a provider of Internet infrastructure services that will run over optical networks in major metropolitan markets.

Westwave Communications

Series C in 2000
Westwave Communications is a supplier of telecommunications network control and signaling agents.

eVentures Group

Venture Round in 2000
eVentures Group operates and invests in internet communications companies.

Whale Communications

Venture Round in 2000
Whale Communications Ltd. provides business-driven secure access products. It provides secure access products, including secure sockets layer virtual private networks, and Web application firewalls, as well as application security, and endpoint security offerings. Whale's solutions provide remote access, content inspection, and granular access control. It enables businesses to protect corporate applications and data when accessed remotely by mobile workers, partners, and customers. Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway products enable various employees, business partners, and customer users to securely and easily access their critical business applications and resources. The Intelligent Application Gateway Express Edition provides secure remote access through the browser to widely used enterprise applications for a small number of users. It offers organizations out-of-the-box functionality and straightforward integration with existing enterprise directories, authentication schema, and Web Single Sign On. Whale's flagship Intelligent Application Gateway Enterprise Edition, is an application access and security appliance, designed to support an unlimited number of users in various configurations with independent policy sets. It offers professional services and training. The company serves Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, as well as government and public sector organizations. Whale Communications Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, with additional offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Israel, and representation in France.

InnoMedia

Venture Round in 2000
InnoMedia, Inc. manufactures and supplies Internet, broadband Internet protocol (IP), telephony, and SIP trunking solutions to cable MSOs, broadband service providers, enterprises, OEMs, and distribution partners worldwide. The company offers SOHO and residential products, such as multimedia terminal adapters (MTAs) and internet protocol phones for home users and telecommuters; customer premise equipment; business voice solutions; cable solutions; IP videophones, and video set-top boxes; and network server products for converged internet protocol networks. It also provides business lines with multi-port ATAs; TDM PRI with PRI enterprise session border controllers; hosted service with SIP ALG; embedded cable modem modules; cable-embedded enterprise session border controllers; and element management systems. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Milpitas, California. It has additional offices in Singapore; San Jose, California; Hsinchu, Taiwan; and Beijing and Wuhan, China.

Empowered Networks

Series C in 2000
Empowered Networks is a provider of information technology consulting and network monitoring solutions tailored for large enterprises. The company specializes in optimizing network management, security, and compliance, enabling organizations to enhance the agility, visibility, and reliability of their applications and services. Additionally, Empowered Networks is recognized for its innovative Voice-over-IP (VoIP) switching systems, which are designed for carriers and communication service providers. Its flagship product, the USX1000, seamlessly integrates with existing Intelligent Network services, facilitating the migration of voice traffic to IP infrastructure. By leveraging advanced technologies, Empowered Networks aims to drive positive business outcomes that significantly impact the bottom line for its clients.

Terawave Communications

Series B in 2000
Terawave Communications, Inc. manufactures converged access and multi-service networking solutions. Its multi-service aggregation and passive optical network products provide data, voice, video, and circuit service convergence solutions. The company serves service providers, government agencies, and enterprise customers in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Terawave Communications has locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Hayward, California with additional offices in the United States of America, Canada, Asia, and Europe. As of October 25, 2007, Terawave Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Occam Networks Inc. (NasdaqNM:OCNW).

Tachion Networks

Series B in 2000
Tachion Networks builds next-generation networking infrastructure equipment enabling communications service providers.

Fiberlink

Venture Round in 2000
Fiberlink Communications Corporation provides mobility as a service (MaaS) that helps enterprises to connect, control, and secure laptops and mobile devices. Its MaaS Platform helps mobile workers to connect to the Internet and the applications and data they need. The company's MaaS platform is used to perform identity management and authentication services; deploy, monitor, and manage security and connectivity applications on laptops and PCs; view information on compliance status, security events, and connectivity costs; and protect mobile devices and the data from loss, theft, data leakage, hackers, and viruses. Its MaaS360 mobility platform manages security and connectivity services on mobile and remote devices, as well as helps administrators to deploy, monitor, update, and remediate various endpoint security and connectivity applications.